Focus – Opinions and Features

By Fred Diamond When Mary Lyn Hammer first started feeling sick, she had no idea she would need to become a medical detective to survive. Like so many Lyme disease survivors, her healing journey was long, complicated, and often lonely shaped by misdiagnoses, skepticism from... Read More »

By Ali Moresco I was 22 years old when my life was completely derailed. Overnight, I went from a driven, high-functioning publicist in the entertainment industry to someone who could barely get out of bed. Initially, I presented with classic acute Lyme disease symptoms: cold and... Read More »

By Colonel Nicole Malachowski, USAF (Ret.) I think I may have finally made a difference. All I’ve ever wanted since my medical discharge from military service for tick-borne illness (29 December 2017) was to do something to ensure it didn’t happen to anyone else in... Read More »

By Rabbi Melinda Bernstein As we enter the season of the summer solstice, a time of fullness, illumination, and embodied presence, we’re invited to explore the deeper intelligence that lives in our bodies. Just as the sun reaches its peak, many of us are being asked to step... Read More »

By Talan Yorn, The Lyme Ninja If someone had told me when I was 10 and bedridden that I’d be standing under the lights of the American Ninja Warrior stage, not just walking again, but competing—I wouldn’t have believed them. Yet, here I am. From the dark days of being... Read More »

From the Tick Boot Camp podcast: In this powerful, long-form interview, Kristina Bauer returns to the Tick Boot Camp Podcast to share her in-depth story of surviving decades of misdiagnosed Lyme disease — from childhood illness and misdiagnoses to motherhood, advocacy, and... Read More »

By Fred Diamond We often focus on the physical symptoms of Lyme disease such as joint pain, neuropathy, and fatigue. But there’s another symptom that hides in the shadows, misunderstood even by some healthcare professionals: Lyme rage. This intense, sometimes explosive... Read More »

By Mary Jane Heppe What if some of the world’s mental health crises aren’t just psychological in origin, but microbial? In a compelling article published in the Medical Research Archives, Psychiatrist Dr. Robert Bransfield explores how infections can inflame the brain, impair... Read More »

By Fred Diamond For many people coping with Lyme disease, the search for effective treatment is a grueling, exhausting process filled with uncertainty, dead ends, and emotional trauma. Kevin Williams, a chronic Lyme patient and co-founder of Ravel Health, knows this reality all... Read More »